Rinden 2002
COVER FOR "THE TAIN"
Posted Skullday, 11 Rinden, Anno Urbis 2002 by gblack  PS Publishing announced China Miéville's long-promised novella "The Tain" and has a preview of the book's cover on the website. The art is by Edward Miller (aka Les Edwards), who illustrated the UK covers of both Perdido Street Station and The Scar.
"The Tain" is scheduled for release in December 2002. 
CONSAINT: BENELUXCON 25
Posted Skullday, 11 Rinden, Anno Urbis 2002 by gblack China will be Guest of Honour at ConSaint: Beneluxcon 25, to be held between 22 and 24 November in Zandvoort, Netherlands. The membership fee for this 3-day convention is EUR 40. Half-price for attendants up to 17 years old, and children under 8 are admitted for free. Extra details at the convention's website, which you can read in English and Dutch.
PSS -- DUTCH EDITION IS OUT!
Posted Skullday, 11 Rinden, Anno Urbis 2002 by gblack The Dutch edition of Perdido Street Station (translated by Annemarie van Ewyck as Station Perdido) is available as of September from De Boekerij. For more information, consult the publisher's page (in Dutch).
HISTORICAL MATERIALISM: MARXISM AND FANTASY
Posted Skullday, 11 Rinden, Anno Urbis 2002 by gblack The academic journal Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory will dedicate most of its December 2002 issue (forthcoming) to Marxism and Fantasy, with an introduction by China Miéville. Contents include: - Introduction: "Marxism and Fantasy", China Miéville
- Articles:
- "The Dreadful Credibility of Absurd Things: A Tendency in Fantasy Theory", Mark Bould
- "Through the Eyes of the Fantastic: Lefebvre, Rabelais and Intellectual History", Stuart Elden
- "Slaves of the Ring: Tolkien's Political Unconscious", Ishay Landa
- "Utopianism and Film", Mike Wayne
- "For the Love of Money", Anna Kornbluh
- "Magical Urbanism: Walter Benjamin and Utopian Realism in the Film Ratcatcher", Alex Law and Jan Law
- "Fantasy and Judgement: Adorno, Tolkien, Burroughs", Ben Watson
- Archive:
- Introduction, Jurriaan Bendien
- "Anticipation and Hope as Categories of Historical Materialism", Ernest Mandel
- Interventions:
- "A Note on Marxism and Fantasy", Carl Freedman
- "Radical Fantasy", Fredric Jameson
- "Capitalist Monsters", Steve Shaviro
- Reviews:
- Neil Maycroft on Patrick Hamilton's Impromptu in Moribundia
- Mark Bould on Carl Freedman's Critical Theory and Science Fiction
- Andrew M. Butler on Rob Latham's Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption
Plus other non-symposium items. For more information, point your browsers to www.brill.nl or contact cs@brill.nl.
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